1980
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January
- 10 - Actor Richard Boone dies.
- 28 - Actor Elijah Wood is born.
- 29 - J.A.W. Bennett, Inkling, dies.
March
- 8 - The first episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 10 - Amon Hen 49 is published.
- 15 - The second episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 17 - Actor Sam Kelly is born.
- 22 - The third episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 29 - The fourth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- ? - Beyond Bree March 1981 is published.
April
- 5 - The fifth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 12 - The sixth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 19 - The seventh episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 26 - The eighth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- ? - Beyond Bree April 1981 is published.
May
- 2 - Amon Hen 50 is published.
- 3 - The ninth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 4 - Actor Trystan Gravelle is born.
- 10 - The tenth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 17 - The eleventh episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 24 - The twelfth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 29 - The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad is published
- 31 - The thirteenth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- ? - Beyond Bree May 1981 is published.
- ? - Mallorn 16 is published.
June
- 7 - The fourteenth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 14 - The fifteenth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 21 - The sixteenth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 28 - The seventeenth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- ? - Beyond Bree June 1981 is published.
July
- 5 - The eighteenth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 12 - The nineteenth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 17 - The Tolkien Quiz Book, the book by Robinson and Wilson, is published.
- 19 - The twentieth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 26 - The twenty-first episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- ? - Beyond Bree July 1981 is published.
August
- 2 - The twenty-second episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 7-10 - Mythcon 12.
- 9 - The twenty-third episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 16 - The twenty-fourth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 20 - The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien is published.
- 23 - The twenty-fifth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 30 - The twenty-sixth and last episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- ? - Beyond Bree August 1981 is published.
September
- 12 - Author and librarian William Ready dies.
- 16 - Arthedain, the Norwegian Tolkien Society, is founded in Oslo.
- 18 - Extracts from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Name Coventry" is published in The Catholic Herald.
- 22 - The Dutch Tolkien Society Unquendor is founded in Leiden.
- 25-27 - Oxonmoot 1981
October
- ? - Mallorn 17 is published.
December
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Shores of Middle-earth is published.
- ? - England and Always: Tolkien's World of the Rings by Jared Lobdell is published.
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- ? - The 1982 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar is released.
- ? - Shire Calendar 1982 is released.
- ? - British director Wayne Che Yip is born.
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